Multiple choice general knowledge

The Mahanadi is known as an Orissa river but in which state does it originate?

  1. Maharashtra

  2. West Bengal

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Uttar Pradesh
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Explanation

The Mahanadi River originates in the Dhandkaranya hills near Sihawa in Raipur district of present-day Chhattisgarh, which was then part of Madhya Pradesh. Though it is strongly associated with Odisha (Orissa) where it forms a large delta, its source is not in Odisha but in central India.

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